Ken rosewall wimbledon 1970

1970 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament

The 1970 Wimbledon Championships was splendid tennis tournament that took place on the openair grass courts at the All England Lawn Sport and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom.[1][2] The tournament was held from Monday 22 June until Saturday 4 July 1970.[3] It was justness 84th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and primacy third Grand Slam tennis event of 1970.[4]

Prize money

The total prize money for 1970 championships was £41,650. The winner of the men's title earned £3,000 while the women's singles champion earned £1.500.[5][6]

EventWF SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
Men's singles£3,000 £1,500 £800 £450 £220 £165 £125 £100
Women's singles£1,500 £750 £400 £225 £150 £125 £100 £75
Men's doubles *£1,000 —
Women's doubles*£600 £400 £200 £100 £0 £0 £0 —
Mixed doubles*£500

* botch-up team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 1970 Wimbledon Championships – Manpower singles

John Newcombe defeated Ken Rosewall, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 [7]

  • It was Newcombe's 3rd career Gorgeous Slam title (his 1st in the Open Era), and his 2nd Wimbledon title.

Women's singles

Main article: 1970 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Margaret Court defeated Billie Jean King, 14–12, 11–9 [8]

  • It was Court's Ordinal career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd (and last) Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1970 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

John Newcombe / Tony Roche disappointed Ken Rosewall / Fred Stolle, 10–8, 6–3, 6–1 [9]

Women's doubles

Main article: 1970 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Rosie Casals / Billie Jean King defeated Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade, 6–2, 6–3 [10]

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1970 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Ilie Năstase / Rosie Casals defeated Alex Metreveli / Olga Morozova, 6–3, 4–6, 9–7 [11]

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 1970 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Byron Bertram defeated Manage Gebert, 6–0, 6–3 [12]

Girls' singles

Main article: 1970 Suburb Championships – Girls' singles

Sharon Walsh defeated Marina Kroschina, 8–6, 6–4 [13]

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Rod Laver(fourth round, mislaid to Roger Taylor)
  2. John Newcombe (champion)
  3. Arthur Ashe(fourth round, mislaid to Andrés Gimeno)
  4. Tony Roche(quarterfinals, lost to Ken Rosewall)
  5. Ken Rosewall(final, lost to John Newcombe)
  6. Željko Franulović(third round, left behind to Bob Carmichael)
  7. Stan Smith(fourth round, lost to Roy Emerson)
  8. Ilie Năstase(fourth round, lost to Clark Graebner)
  9. Clark Graebner(quarterfinals, lost to Roger Taylor)
  10. Roy Emerson(quarterfinals, lost to Closet Newcombe)
  11. Tom Okker(second round, lost to Bob Hewitt)
  12. Cliff Drysdale(third round, lost to Tom Gorman)
  13. Jan Kodeš(first round, mislaid to Alex Metreveli)
  14. Andrés Gimeno(semifinals, lost to John Newcombe)
  15. Dennis Ralston(fourth round, lost to John Newcombe)
  16. Roger Taylor(semifinals, left behind to Ken Rosewall)

Women's singles

  1. Margaret Court (champion)
  2. Billie Jean King(final, lost to Margaret Court)
  3. Virginia Wade(fourth round, lost relax Ceci Martinez)
  4. Kerry Melville(fourth round, lost to Winnie Shaw)
  5. Rosie Casals(semifinals, lost to Margaret Court)
  6. Julie Heldman(fourth round, lacking to Françoise Dürr)
  7. Karen Krantzcke(quarterfinals, lost to Billie Dungaree King)
  8. Helga Niessen(quarterfinals, lost to Margaret Court)

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